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South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 2, 2025
Minister says rough South Korea-U.S. security agreement reached: report
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Seoul is seeking to announce the agreement before an APEC summit in October.
The European Commission's High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas (left) and Commissioner for Trade Maros Sefcovic present EU-Mercosur and EU-Mexico trade agreements in Brussels last month.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 2, 2025
Hit by Trump tariffs, rest of world races to forge new trade alliances
New trade pacts may not fully compensate for losses in commerce with a more protectionist America, but rival economies have been spurred into action nonetheless.
People work at an automotive parts factory in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, on April 11. Export powerhouse Japan saw manufacturing activity shrink in September.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 1, 2025
Asian factories struggle as soft China and U.S. demand takes toll
Export powerhouse Japan and global tech hub Taiwan saw manufacturing activity shrink in September, leaving businesses in Asia on fragile footing.
Taiwan has pushed back against a U.S. proposal to move chip production stateside to cover half of America’s demand.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 1, 2025
Taiwan rejects U.S. demand for half of its chips to be made in America
Taiwanese Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun said Taipei has never made such a commitment.
The Pokemon mascot Pikachu wearing a Chicago Cubs jersey attends the Tokyo Series at Tokyo Dome in March. As the world rediscovers Japan, it’s learning that many preconceptions no longer apply.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 1, 2025
Is Japan finally back? That’s the wrong question.
Almost three decades after prices first fell into negative territory, they’ve now risen every month for the past four years.
U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer speaks during an Economic Club of New York luncheon in New York on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 1, 2025
Trump trade chief expects U.S. to ink more deals during Asia trip
The U.S. president is set to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea, and has been invited to a Southeast Asian leaders' summit in Malaysia.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has publicly demanded Taiwan to move more investment and chip production to the U.S. so half of American demand is manufactured locally.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 30, 2025
Taiwan holds investment talks as U.S. demands more chip factories
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick earlier this week publicly demanded Taiwan to move more investment and chip production to the U.S.
A container truck is loaded with used cars at a used-car export complex in Incheon, South Korea, on Aug. 12.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 30, 2025
South Korea's surge in used-car exports softens impact of U.S. tariffs
South Korea exported $5.5 billion cars in August, up 9% from a year earlier and the highest monthly total on record. Used car exports jumped 35% to $711.5 million the same month.
The U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington in 2022
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2025
U.S. expands export blacklist in crackdown on Chinese subsidiaries
The action greatly increases the number of companies that require licenses to receive American goods and services.
U.S. President Donald Trump is welcomed by Chinese leader Xi Jinping during an arrival ceremony in Beijing in November 2017.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 30, 2025
Xi pushes Trump to 'oppose' Taiwan independence in major shift
Any change in wording will fan concerns that Washington’s position on the self-ruled democracy is becoming a trade war bargaining chip.
Shipping containers near the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai. The U.S. under President Donald Trump has revived mercantilist trade policies to favor American industry, but China is outpacing the U.S.
COMMENTARY
Sep 29, 2025
Why America will lose its mercantilist game to China
There is already one country that has been practicing mercantilism for decades and it appears to be a step ahead of the U.S. as it starts to play the same game: China.
A tech ad featuring humanoid robots at the Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai in May. This week, China will launch a new visa program aimed at attracting foreign tech talent.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2025
China's new K visa beckons foreign tech talent as U.S. hikes H-1B fee
The K visa targets young foreign science, technology, engineering and mathematics graduates and promises to allow entry, residence and employment without a job offer.
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi at a debate at the Japan National Press Club with other candidates for the Liberal Democratic Party presidency on Sept. 24
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 29, 2025
Takaichi moots U.S. tariff deal do-over when asked about $550 billion pledge
The woman who could become Japan’s next prime minister raises questions about the agreement.
An Iranian man checks a rug at a shop selling antique and expensive carpets in northern Tehran on Sept. 9.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 29, 2025
Iran's carpet industry unraveling under sanctions
The Persian rug risks becoming a relic of a lost golden age, with its legacy hanging by a thread.
A semiconductor wafer is tested on a Flying Probe Tester 4080 at Semicon 2025 in Taipei on Sept. 10.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 27, 2025
Trump mulls tariffs on foreign electronics based on number of chips
A source said the Commerce Department was considering a 15% tariff rate for electronics from Japan and the European Union.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Sept. 19.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 27, 2025
Trump’s 100% pharmaceutical tariffs won’t apply to Japan and EU
A U.S.-Japan joint statement says American tariff rates on Japanese drugs and semiconductors should not exceed those applied to others, including the EU.
U.S. President Donald Trump is rolling out a number of new tariffs on Oct. 1.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 26, 2025
Japan might be spared Trump's 100% tariffs on pharmaceuticals
The country has a most-favored-nation agreement with the U.S. that should cover these products.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 26, 2025
Trump suggests he may lift sanctions on Turkey but presses on Russian oil
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's first visit to the White House in about six years started off with a warm welcome from Trump.
Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz speaks after signing a contract for the delivery of mobile communication centers in Zegrze, Poland, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2025
Poland becomes top importer of Taiwanese drones, skirting China
From almost nothing in the previous years, Poland is now absorbing almost 60% of Taiwan’s drone exports, which expanded this year to about $32 million through August.
South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok. In a recent interview, Kim said that until visa issues related to South Korea's investment projects in the U.S. are resolved, progress on the projects will be "virtually impossible."
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2025
South Korea says U.S. projects unlikely to progress until visa issue resolution
Images of shackled workers have circulated widely and fueled public anger, casting a cloud over hefty investment plans by South Korean conglomerates.
Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Cloudflare has been ordered to pay ¥500 million after four major publishing firms accused the firm of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
¥21.3 trillion stimulus package approved by Cabinet
The Cabinet is expected to submit an extra budget bill to finance the package to parliament, which is in session until Dec. 17.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Japan plans higher visa fees for foreign residents
Along with planned higher fees for foreign residents to stay, Japan is looking to raise the ¥3,000 single-entry visa fee for inbound tourists to Western standards in the next fiscal year.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Japanese companies advised to change mindset about investment in Africa
Bernard Laurendeau, chief of Enkopa Lab Japan, in Tokyo last month
Munetaka Murakami headlines quartet looking to move to MLB via posting system
The Swallows' Munetaka Murakami has 246 career home runs in eight NPB seasons.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
Why we can’t get enough of the sham of the rental family
“Rental Family,” directed and co-written by the single-named Hikari, follows out-of-work actor Phillip (Brendan Fraser), who is hired as the “token white guy” at a Tokyo agency called Rental Family.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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